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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFIGE.

ELIZA A. VANDERBEEK, OF PLAINFIELD, NEWV JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEDICAL COMFOUNDS.

j, Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,446, dated May5, 1874; application filed October 16, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZA A. VANDERBEEK, of Plainfield, in the county ofUnion and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and usefulMedical Compound, called Total Eclipse, and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it.

My invention relates to medicine; and consists in the compound ofingredients hereinafter set forth, to be used as a remedy for cholera,chronic diarrhea, dysentery, cholera morbus, cholera infantum, and alldiseases of a similar nature which injuriously affect the digestiveorgans.

The compound consists of extract of logwood, sugar, (preferably loaf-s11gar,) capsicum, oil of black pepper, brandy, and water, compounded inthe following proportions, viz: Extract of logwood, one-quarter of apound; sugar, two pounds; capsicum, one dram; oil of black pepper, onedram brandy, one quart water, four quartsl The compound is prepared inthe following manner. The extract of logwood is first dissolved in asufficiency of boiling water. The sugar is then added to the dissolvedextract, and stirred until dissolved therein. The mixture thus obtainedis allowed to cool. When completely cooled the capsicum, oil of pepper,

brandy, and enough water to make up the ELIZA A. VANDERBEEK. [L s.]

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